This is a letter I penned for my grandson, feel free to make changes or corrections and send to your Congressperson. TIA:
Thomas Theodore Johnson, age 4 failed to be admitted into the Signonella Sure Start program. Thomas is the son pf a military E-5' and a G-11 civilian veteran , neither are married and born are currently serving overseas. Thomas is sponsored by the G-11 civilian and not the military member. Because the sponsor is a G-11 , her earning has deemed Thomas ineligible for the Sure Start program. The sure start program is not a program based on economics but on certain life circumstances.
The Sure Start program was established as a resource available for E1 through E4. However, few of these members serving overseas have dependents. Somewhere along the way, military member upto G-9 and the civilian counterparts were deemed eligible for the program. However, this does not take into account civilian G-11 and on.
The military ranking has a no fraternizing policies with low ranks and officers which probably explains the cutoff at G-9 eligibility, however this policy does not apply to civilians. I would suggest that Thomas is being penalized because the military policy exclude civilians who are more limited in resources solely for the fact they are not military!
I would like someone to review this policy and understand, if any one deserve to be in this program it would be students like Thomas, coming from a single parent civilian home, whom other parent is serving elsewhere oversea. These children do not have the options of attending an English educational system off the military base.
Sincerely,
Jacqueline Dowdell
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